Origin: 1695–1705; < Western Abenaki wìgəbi inner bark suitable for cordage (or a c. of this, e.g., Eastern Abenaki wìkəpi basswood inner bark, Munsee Delaware wí⋅kpəy, Ojibwa wi⋅kop, all < Proto-Algonquian *wi⋅kwepyi; prob. reborrowed or reinforced from more than one Algonquian language)
A deciduous shrub (Dirca palustris) of eastern North America, having tough flexible branches, pliable bark, and small yellow flowers. Also called moosewood, wicopy.
[wik-uh-pee] 
